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    “I ⁠oppose letting men in women’s locker rooms and voted to let parents, not politicians, make decisions for their kids,” Trone Garriott said in a recent ad that drew criticism from some LGBTQ+ activists.

    “Let’s keep moving further to the right to try to capture voters that will never vote for us!” -Dems

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      Barrack Hussein Obama has been running a shadow-cabal out of the basement of a pizzeria in the basement of a girl’s school in Iran and shipping them out in boats disguised as oil tankers via the strait of hormuz, and transferring them to fake fishing boats around Venezuela ok authority of Moduro. So it’s reeeaaally his fault for the wars and gas prices

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      This would be such an excellent slogan for ad for the Democrats, it’s a wonder why they never used it

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        Mainly because most of them are not interested in meaningful change that includes them losing “perks” they like. There are a few but the established ones won’t let them rock the boat too much.

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          PACs require funding, and between the working class and the corporate oligarchs, I’ll give you one guess as to which has the money.

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        Because the average voter wouldn’t understand it and thinks both parties are the same.

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          They’re not identical, but they are bOtH anti-union, pro-corporate, and pro-Epstein

          You’re losing voters for a reason (you being D and R parties), down to 28% of voters each, and independents are growing (44% of voters).

          If the Democrats ever want those numbers to go up, they should do what the voters want (higher minimum wage, universal healthcare, term limits, ending congressional trading, age cap, and so on). .

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            There aren’t very many voters who understand that democrats are better than republicans but are stupid enough to throw away their vote in this regard. The reason democrats don’t win despite being clearly better for most people is that too many Americans are so stupid they can’t see through the billionaire’s media manipulation. And too many Americans are too lazy and apathetic to vote. Mind you, those morons who talk about democrats being nearly as bad are either part of that media manipulation and working to support the right, or otherwise they are the most asinine fools in existence.

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    The responding officer said he spoke to her after spotting her parked in grass on the side of a highway, that her speech was very slurred and she “appeared to have difficulty comprehending” questions, according to an affidavit included in court filings. A preliminary breath test displayed a .254 blood alcohol content, three times the .08 legal limit for driving, and a test taken at the jail displayed a .192 level, the affidavit says.

    Holy shit!

    Just so we’re clear about whether this is one of those things that was technically a violation but not actually “that” bad… no, this really was that bad. .254 and delirious on the side of the road!

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      .254 isn’t just getting a little carried away. That’s three bottles of wine or a whole bottle of hard liquor.

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        Among the likely many many other things she needs to be treated for, I hope they get her help with the drinking also. That’s real red flag hardcore alcoholic level BAC while still being conscious.

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        Some people have different genes to process alcohol, clearly she is not one to have these genes. And that’s why there’s limits.

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        On top of the body processing some of the alcohol in the time between the field test and the final test, the field test is usually not accurate enough to be accepted by the court for conviction. It’s just one piece of the probable cause used to arrest a suspect and bring them to the police station or jail where the larger, more accurate machine can get a result that’s usable at trial.

        It’s important the the test field test be fairly accurate right around the legal limit. At much higher numbers, it’s fine for it to be pretty far off because the suspect is definitely getting arrested at that point.

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          I could imagine they tune that field test to err high so they can have probable cause. If it isn’t accepted as proof anyway, why make it highly accurate. I guess the people who say never agree to a breathalyzer test during a traffic stop are probably right.

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        It’s not a discrepancy, alcohol is processed over time. It’s her body working through the stuff in the ~30 mins or so that it presumably took to get to booking her. Yeah we can assume the levels aren’t 100% accurate but this tech is decades old so probably pretty close. There are many problems with policing; imo this isn’t one of them.

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          Once the cops have someone on a DUI pulled over, its probably a relief to see them blow something so high because they know they have enough time to get to the precinct for further tests.

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            I’ve read that those portable tests on the scene aren’t super accurate. Another commentor said they aren’t generally acceptable as proof of DUI in the courts either. None of this is solid fact from research though.

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            I mean sure but not that much, afaik the tests at the scene (for BAC, not the subjective tests) are pretty solid as far as evidence goes. In this case it probably mattered even less, blowing a .25 equates to looking pretty fucking smashed for most people so the test is basically just checking a box lmao

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              No the roadside tests are bad. They’re not very accurate, which is why you should always refuse to give one roadside. Wait until you’re at the police station.

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    “If I’m doing it, and I’m the most righteous person alive, everyone else must be doing it 10x more”

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    this happens so frequently that i think The Onion wouldn’t make similar jokes anymore, as not to be seen as unoriginal

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      and Democrats! See Epstein files for further details

      why would you ever leave out half of the problem? Hmmm I wonder…

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        Just because there are two groups doesn’t mean that each group is half the problem. Republicans are significantly more than half the problem.

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          No, they’re not. See Epstein files for details.

          He worked at Harvard, you can’t get more liberal Democrat than that (99% of staff is D).

          You can look at his friends for five minutes and see that you are wrong.

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          The guy you’re responding to has been putting in overtime this week astroturfing every political thread with “bOtH sIdEs ArE tHe SaMe!!1!1!1!”

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            I’ve been doing this for decades, friend.

            bOtH sIdEs not the same. However, they’re both anti-union, pro-corporate, and pro-Epstein.

            I’m voting, are you?

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        “both sides are bad so vote republican” is old enough to drink, bud.

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          I haven’t voted Republican for President since… ever. I’ve never voted for an R candidate for President. Crack is whack, pal.

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            … and Democrats! Did you know Clinton hung out with Epstein all the time, and was Trump’s golf buddy?

            Did you know that Trump was a Democrat at the time?

            I’m not a politics professor, but I’ve heard rumors that Clinton was a Democrat, too

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    Next they should drag out a woman who let her kid be abused talk shit about her kid in a political attack ad.

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      Shellie Flockhart, who called Iowa Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott “dangerous” for kids, pleaded guilty after authorities said she drove drunk with her children in the car in 2017.

      October 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT53 minutes ago

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      By Laura Beveridge

      A Republican woman in a campaign commercial gave a grave warning about Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democratic candidate in one of Iowa’s most competitive House districts.

      “When it comes to our kids, Sarah is just plain dangerous,” says Shellie Flockhart, a Dallas Center city councilwoman identified in the ad by her first name.